Hurricane Matthew unearths Civil War cannonballs in South Carolina

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Hurricane Matthew unearths Civil War cannonballs in South Carolina

The Associated Press Published Monday, October 10, 2016 6:53AM EDT Last Updated Monday, October 10, 2016 7:07AM EDT

This photo provided by by the Charleston County Sheriff's Office shows Civil War-era cannonballs found Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, on a beach in Folly Beach, South Carolina. (Charleston County Sheriff's Office/Twitter)

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FOLLY ISLAND, S.C. -- A bomb squad was at a South Carolina beach after Hurricane Matthew apparently unearthed old Civil War cannonballs from the sand.

Charleston County Sheriff's spokesman Maj. Eric Watson said in a news release that the cannonballs were found on Folly Beach on Sunday afternoon, but bomb squad members couldn't get to it immediately because of the rising tide.

Once the ocean level goes down, Watson says technicians will make it safe. He warned residents might hear a small boom.

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter in 1861.